LR50 - Germany 1 Aug '98

Happy Birthday, Land-Rover - The German Rover Club e.V. celebrates 50 Years of Land-Rover!

Back then like today he was built for only one purpose: work! This tradition has continued for fifty years. The consequence: little compromise, no couloured steering wheels, no chrome, no wide tyres. We are talking about Land-Rover - not a fashionable Off-Roader, but a real cross-country car, one of the last stalwarts that could withstand the spirit of time.

Nearly all drivers of those classic vehicles sooner or later find their way to the German Rover Club e.V.

Behind this unpretentious name lies a countrywide association of lovers of the Land-Rover founded in Oct. 1975. Corresponding to the interests of, currently, over 800 members, the club focuses itself on a wide spectrum of aspects of the Land-Rover. This includes the restoring and collecting of Land-Rover classic cars, world travel, trial sports, procurement of replacement parts, maintenance, equipment and repair, as well as other interests of the members, who own a Land-Rover as a caravan-hauling member of the family or as a robust assistent in farming and forestry, fox hunting and wild-protection, or for surveying and construction sites.

Those interests are also reflected in the annual country-wide spring- and autumn-meetings, that bring together hundreds of Land-Rovers from the whole country and the neighboring states. In addition to these two great events, other events are organized by the local chaopters of the group that do not necessarily have a regional character. Included in the event are roadbook-driving, a replacement parts market, childrens-animation, campfires, slide- and filmshows. Naturely, there will also be off road driving which brings us together and does not drive us appart. The members come to those events with their entire family. The paramount objective is to make families feel welcome, therefor a programme for children is part of these events.

The German Rover Club e.V. keeps up contacts to other Rover-Clubs, that are located in nearly all European states. Our members periodically attend events, just as members of other clubs take part in arrangments of the German Rover Club e.V.

The German Rover Club e.V. will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Land-Rover from August 01. to 09. 1998 with a great international meeting in Kaisersesch / Eifel. On a big field will be enough room for all Rovers coming from all over the place. An extensive programme with and around the Land-Rover is planned for the whole family.

All Land-Rover drivers and their families are kindly invited to this event. You can sign up through:
German Rover Club e.V., Brahmstr.17, 22941 Bargteheide, Fax 04532-24278.
The entrance fee is DM 150.- per vehicle, DM 130.- if you sign up until 30.04.1998. Members of the German Rover Club e.V pay DM 50.-/40.-.

Gerd Nie?en

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